NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • Around 81% better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1640 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 797 vs 568
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 148 vs 77
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 135 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1640 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 797 vs 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 148 vs 77

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 41.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
797
568
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
148
77
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3342
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 797 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 148 77
Geekbench - OpenCL 3885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G92
Launch date 1 April 2013 11 December 2007
Place in performance rating 1312 1315
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s 41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 135 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz 1640 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus